Asymptotically minimax estimation of order-constrained parameters and eigenfunctions of the laplacian on the ball

Adam Korányi; K. Brenda MacGibbon

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques (2002)

  • Volume: 38, Issue: 2, page 193-206
  • ISSN: 0246-0203

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Korányi, Adam, and MacGibbon, K. Brenda. "Asymptotically minimax estimation of order-constrained parameters and eigenfunctions of the laplacian on the ball." Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques 38.2 (2002): 193-206. <http://eudml.org/doc/77713>.

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